# Accident 20010325007189A: Cartercopters CARTERCOPTER, Olney, TX, March 25, 2001

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: March 25, 2001, 11:35 local time
- Place: Olney, TX
- Airport: Olney Municipal Airport
- Damage: No damage
- Location: 33.3593° N, 98.7505° W: From the FAA, an estimate near the named town, within about 3 miles
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=33.3593&lon=-98.7505&mi=10
- Aircraft: N121CC, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N121CC) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Cartercopters CARTERCOPTER (registry code 05606CO, https://openairdocs.org/model/cartercopters-cartercopter) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Amateur-built UNKNOWN ENG (registry code 99999, https://openairdocs.org/engine/amateur-built-unknown-eng) (OpenAirDocs)
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB FTW01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA086) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010325007189A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

(-23)ON 3/25/2001, AT 1135 AM CDT, A GYROCOPTER, N121CC, OWNED BY CARTERCOPTERS LLC, 5720 SEYMOUR WAY, WICHITA FALLS, TEXAS 76310 LOST DIRCTIONAL CONTROL DURING TAKE-OFF ON A AIRCRAFT CERTIFICATION TEST FLIGHT. THE MAIN ROTOR IMPACTED THE VERTICAL STABILIZER DUE TO EXCESSIVE BLADE FLAP CAUSED BY INADEQUATE ROTOR PRESPIN.  VFR FLIGHT CONDITIONS PREVAILED, AND NO FLIGHT PLAN WAS FILED FOR THE VFR FLIGHT.  THE AIRCRAFT HAS SUBSTANTIAL DAMAGE, AND THE PILOT AND PASSENGER WERE NOT INJURED.  THE PILOT HOLDS A COMMERICAL PILOTS CERTIFICATE.  THE FLIGHT ORIGINATED AT OLNEY, TEXAS (ONY) ON 3/25/04 1134AM CDT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB FTW01LA086](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/FTW01LA086), Mar 25, 2001: Cartercopters Cartercopter (N121CC), Olney, TX, substantial damage. Probable cause: the pilot's failure to maintain rotor rpm, which resuted in the main rotor contacting the tail during landing.

## Other reports on N121CC (6)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Accident 20050617014759A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20050617014759A), Jun 17, 2005: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Destroyed. (-23) During taxi PIC engaged pre-rotor and the aircraft became uncontrollable.
- [Accident 20030408004539A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20030408004539A), Apr 8, 2003: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On April 8, 2003, at 1545 local time, a Cartercopter gyroplane, N121CC, owned and operated by Cartercopter LLC, of wichita falls Texas, sustained…
- [Incident 20011028033149I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20011028033149I), Oct 28, 2001: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Minor damage. (-23) This operation involved a taxi test without the intent to fly an experimental carter copter, inc., gyrocopter, N121CC, in pre-flight development. During…
- [Accident 20010429009799A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20010429009799A), Apr 29, 2001: N121CC, Olney, TX, No damage. (-23)On 04/29/2001, a cartercopter experimental gyrocraft, was conducting a test flight over flight over runway 17 at Olney Municipal Airport, Olney, Texas,…
- [Accident 20001213027729A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/20001213027729A), Dec 13, 2000: Amtr CARTERCOPTER (N121CC), Olney, TX, Substantial damage. (-23) On December 13, 2000, at 1700 CST, a Cartercopter, N121CC, owned by Cartercopter LLC. Overshot the end of the runway after landing on a test flight.…
- [Accident 19991216036969A](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19991216036969A), Dec 16, 1999: N121CC, Olney, TX, Substantial damage. (.19) On December 16, 1999, at 1045 central standard time, a cartercopters cartercopter gyroplane, N121CC, registered to and operated by cartercopters LLC of…

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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